Deliveries to besieged Strip suspended after IDF tank fire kills one of UN's Palestinian drivers as he went to pick up a shipment. 'We've been coordinating with Israeli forces and yet our staff continues to be hit and killed,' UNRWA spokesman says

A UN agency curtailed aid operations on Thursday in Gaza in response to a fatal incident involving Israel firing on a UN aid convoy. An Israeli army spokesman denied that the convoy, one of whose drivers was killed, had been deliberately targeted.

Montas said that at a high-level meeting on Friday at the Israeli defence ministry in Tel Aviv the United Nations was told the incident was "deeply regretted" and did not reflect official government policy.

The Israeli assurances included working to improve liaison and more effective internal coordination within the Israeli defence forces, she said.